[dist-epoch]

> Having spent six weeks or so using Gas Town across multiple simultaneous projects, I believe I can describe the shift concretely. The bottleneck migrates from coding speed to the rate at which you can generate ideas, write specifications, and validate outputs. You are no longer limited by how fast you can build. You are limited by how fast you can think.

Interesting:

> Kubernetes asks “Is it running?” Gas Town asks “Is it done?” Kubernetes optimizes for uptime. Gas Town optimizes for completion.

https://embracingenigmas.substack.com/p/exploring-gas-town

[Zafira]

I’m not sure I find the testimony of a Bain & Company AI consultant (https://www.bain.com/our-team/eric-koziol/) to be compelling for anything outside of generating fees.

[dist-epoch]

Does this mean you would avoid an article on PostgreSQL if it's from a company selling Postgres products or consultation?

[Leszek]

It means they'd avoid an article on the benefits of smoking if it's posted by a company selling cigarettes.

[mtlynch]

This seems to be an AI-generated post where the "author" never reveals building any successful product or even tangible project with Gas Town.

[joezydeco]

It's like Web 4.0 zombo.com

[coldtea]

"You can build anything with Gas Town! The only limit is yourself!"

edit: was "is your imagination". Changed to fully match https://genius.com/Zombo-zombocom-lyrics

[selimthegrim]

Oh man, we can't even say yourself anymore.

[ok_dad]

“Yourself” still has to pay for tokens!

[torginus]

This sounds like every LLM workflow, which is 'you tell the LLM what you want'.

The real distinction is of scale - whether you want a REST endpoint or a fully functional word processor.

But real, actual, complex software is at least half spec (either explicit, or implicitly captured by its code), the question is, can LLMs specify software to the same degree with Gas Town, that you get something functioning?

[bayarearefugee]

This doesn't really answer the question...?

You provided a quote from someone who seems to be an AI-boosting influencer who claimed to use it, but where's the output in the form of code we can look at, or in the form of an app someone can use today?

I'm not an AI-denier. I use LLMs and agentic coding. They increase my productivity.

...but there is still a very real problem with people claiming that some new way of using AI is earth shattering, and changes everything based on vague anecdotes that don't involve a tangible released output that they can point to.

[tcoff91]

Yeah if this can truly just autonomously make great software, then where is all the new SaaS that is able to undercut incumbents by charging 10-20% of what they are charging?

[tom_]

I don't use LLMs and I never use agentic coding. And I too am interested in an answer to this question.

[coldtea]

>Kubernetes asks “Is it running?” Gas Town asks “Is it done?” Kubernetes optimizes for uptime. Gas Town optimizes for completion.

Sounds like the typical AI post slop.